Science Court Fossils Content Quiz

A fossil is ____.

• a dead rotten animal
• the remains of things that lived a long, long time ago
• a plant that dried up

People who study fossils are called ____.

• meterologists

• fossilologists

• paleontologists

Which of the following is NOT an example of a fossil?

• a petrified dinosaur bone

• a footprint captured in mud

• a seashell found on the beach

The process that turns living things, like bones, into rocks is called _____.

• rock and roll

• petrification

• dinosauring

When did dinosaurs live on Earth?

• Millions of years ago

• Thousands of years ago

• Hundreds of years ago

Which of the following is NOT a soft part of an animal?

• teeth

• heart

• tongue

Which of the following is NOT a hard part of an animal?

• bone

• brain

• teeth

Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from a fossil?

• The size of the animal

• What the animal ate

• The color of the animal

In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?

• sedimentary rock

• rock candy

• hard rock

Which of the following events happens FIRST?

• Slowly, minerals in the water replace the bone.

• Sediment covers the bone.

• An animal dies.

• The bone is no longer a bone, but a rock copy.